Clare Frederick is a USPTO-registered patent lawyer with a background in
sustainability and environmental engineering. Clare concentrates her practice on
patent prosecution, counseling, and opinion work in a wide range of technological
areas.
Clare provides IP counseling and portfolio management services, including global
management of domestic and foreign patent portfolios as well as performing freedom
to operate, patentability, and infringement analyses. She has experience drafting,
prosecuting, and analyzing patent applications as well as drafting licenses and
nondisclosure agreements, appeals before the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board,
and providing litigation support.
Clare's patent practice services companies ranging in size from entrepreneurs and
startups to multinational corporations. She works with clients to develop strategies
to protect their IP as their businesses and technologies expand and evolve. Her
experience includes a wide array of technologies, including energy-related
technologies, wireless communication, software, manufacturing, medical devices, and
consumer products ranging from food and beverage products to electronics. With
engineering experience in water resources, solid waste management, and water
treatment plant design, Clare has developed a strong proficiency in
environmentally related technologies, including natural gas processing and carbon
capture systems, hydrogen production technologies, and power management systems.